Recorded on June 13, 1928. Stephen Calt calls this a square dance tune, which were still popular with rural african-americans early in the 20th-century. Calt also posits that tunes such as this one raise the possibility that Thomas' primary audience was white.


This audio is part of the collection: 78 RPMs & Cylinder Recordings
It also belongs to collection: Music & Arts

Artist/Composer: Henry Thomas
Date: 1928-06-13 00:00:00
Source: 78rpm>CD>MP3
Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Country; 78rpm

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Reviewer: stevewise55 - - December 22, 2009
Subject: quills and fifes
there's an interesting article about panpipes and fifes in black southern music here ...

http://www.folkstreams.net/context,86

Reviewer: Malbuff - - December 22, 2009
Subject: Pipes
Beautiful sound of panpipes... now y'all know where Canned Heat likely got their inspiration for "Goin' Up The Country".